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| Date: | 01 1924 |
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| Description: | Gerald J. Boileau, assistant district attorney, and George Lippert, district attorney, and three other men, exhibiting slot machines seized during a raid i... |
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| Description: | Indians gamble while many spectators on horseback look on at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon. |
| Date: | 02 27 1942 |
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| Description: | Two women pose next to gambling machines at Buddy's Place, in the township of Rib Mountain. The bar operated as a house of prostitution. |
| Date: | 04 10 1942 |
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| Description: | Friday night, April 10th, 1942, at Clarence Sidesky's tavern, Route 3, Kenosha. |
| Date: | 04 10 1942 |
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| Description: | Friday night at the Star Bar and Grill Room, at the intersection of Highways 41 and 43 in Kenosha County. |
| Date: | 04 1942 |
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| Description: | A man and woman posed at the bar in Nesbitt's Highway Tavern, on Highway 42, North of Kenosha. Gambling machines can be seen on the left. |
| Date: | 09 04 1943 |
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| Description: | Governor Goodland conferring with District Attorney John Grindell and Sheriff Aloys Klaas about gambling in Grant County. |
| Date: | 02 27 1942 |
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| Description: | Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern. |
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| Description: | A night photograph of 'obscene' slot-machines in a penny arcade. On display are pennants on the wall, including "Iowa" and "Nebraska." Another machine hold... |
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| Description: | Sheriff Fred Simon and unidentified man in the process of destroying slot machines. |
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| Description: | Exterior of Huntington Casino, built in 1905. Stairs lead to a balcony where awnings cover an area for outdoor seating. Caption reads: "Made for the Gild... |
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| Description: | A view of the inn, casino, and other structures at The Oakbirch Inn and Casino taken from a tree-lined road. A man sits in the passenger side of a car park... |
| Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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| Description: | Four women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. One woman is thumbing her nose at the camera. The arrest w... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | A woman is led out by a State Agent during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. The ... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | A woman turns her back on an agent as they enter the establishment where she worked at the beginning of a raid on many Hurley area bars. The arrest warrant... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | Three women hide their faces as they walk in front of State Agents after exiting their place of business during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establi... |
| Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Kathleen Napoli, held a "keeper of a house of ill fame," as she was finger printed by an FBI Agent on Wednesday. Her husband, Dominic, is in the Army.... |
| Date: | 07 05 1942 |
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| Description: | Seven women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | A state agent arrests three women and one man, a bartender, in Jeanne's Chateau. A sweeping raid was staged on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest ... |
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